Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following rules shall apply in interpreting the terms and provisions of this Ordinance.
7.1.1 
Meanings and Intent
All provisions, terms, phrases, and expressions contained in this Ordinance shall be construed according to the general purposes set forth in Article I: General Provisions, Section 1.5, Purpose and Intent, and the specific purpose statements set forth throughout this Ordinance. When, in any specific section of this Ordinance, a different meaning is given for a term defined for general purposes in this article, the specific section’s meaning and application of the term shall control.
7.1.2 
Headings, Illustrations, and Text
In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the text of this Ordinance and any heading, caption, figure, illustration, table, or map, the text shall control.
7.1.3 
Lists and Examples
Unless otherwise specifically indicated, lists of items or examples that use terms such as “for example,” “including,” and “such as,” or similar language are intended to provide examples and are not exhaustive lists of all possibilities.
7.1.4 
Computation of Time
The time in which an act is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last day. If a deadline or required date of action falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday observed by the City, the deadline or required date of action shall be the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday observed by the City. References to days are calendar days unless otherwise stated.
7.1.5 
References to Other Regulations/Publications
Whenever reference is made to a resolution, ordinance, statute, regulation, or document, it shall be construed as a reference to the most recent edition of such regulation, resolution, ordinance, statute, regulation, or document, unless otherwise specifically stated.
7.1.6 
Delegation of Authority
Any act authorized by this Ordinance to be carried out by a specific official of the City may be carried out by a designee of such official.
7.1.7 
Technical and Nontechnical Terms
Words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language, but technical words and phrases that may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law shall be construed and understood according to such meaning.
7.1.8 
Public Officials and Agencies
All public officials, bodies, and agencies to which references are made are those of the City of Haslet unless otherwise indicated.
7.1.9 
Mandatory and Discretionary Terms
The words “shall,” “must,” and “will” are mandatory in nature, establishing an obligation or duty to comply with the particular provision. The words “may” and “should” are permissive in nature.
7.1.10 
Synomous Terms
Unless otherwise specified:
A. 
The word “building” includes the word “structure” and the word “structure” includes the word “building”;
B. 
The word “lot” includes the words “building site,” “parcel,” “plot,” or “tract”; and
C. 
The phrase “used for” shall include the phrases “arranged for,” “designed for,” “intended for,” “maintained for,” “occupied for,” and shall apply exclusively to physically existing uses.
7.1.11 
Conjunctions
Unless the context clearly suggests the contrary, conjunctions shall be interpreted as follows:
A. 
“And” indicates that all connected items, conditions, provisions, or events apply; and
B. 
“Or” indicates that one or more of the connected items, conditions, provisions, or events apply.
7.1.12 
Tenses, Plurals, and Gender
Words used in the present tense include the future tense. Words used in the singular number include the plural number and the plural number includes the singular number, unless the context of the particular usage clearly indicates otherwise. Words used in the masculine gender include the feminine gender, and vice versa.
7.1.13 
Undefined Terms
For words not defined in this article, refer to the most recent edition of Webster’s Dictionary.
(Ordinance 030-2017 adopted 11/20/17)
The Administrator has final authority to determine the interpretation or usage of terms used in this Ordinance per the standards established in Article II: Procedures and Administration. Any person may request an interpretation of any term by submitting a written request to the Administrator, who shall respond in writing within 30 days. When interpreting and applying the provisions of this Ordinance, such provisions shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, and general welfare. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as repealing any existing ordinance regulating nuisances or as permitting or requiring uses that are now prohibited by law.
(Ordinance 030-2017 adopted 11/20/17)
This section defines the general use categories and use types listed in the tables of allowed uses (Table 4.1-1) in Section 4.1, the tables of allowed accessory uses (Table 4.3-1) in Section 4.3, and the tables of allowed temporary uses (Table 4.4-1) in Section 4.4.
7.3.1 
Residential Uses
A. 
HOUSEHOLD LIVING.
This use category is characterized by residential occupancy of a dwelling unit by a household. Tenancy is arranged on a month-to-month or longer basis (lodging where tenancy may be arranged for a period of less than 30 days is classified under the “Lodging Facilities” category). Common accessory uses include recreational activities, raising of pets, gardens, personal storage buildings, hobbies, and parking of the occupants’ vehicles. Uses types under this category include:
1. 
Dwelling, Single-Family Detached.
A detached dwelling having accommodations for and occupied by only one family, and that is not attached to any other dwelling by any means, and is surrounding by open space or yards. This definition does not include mobile homes or manufactured homes.
2. 
Dwelling, Townhouse (SF-Attached).
A building that has two or more single-family dwelling units erected in a row as a single building on adjoining lots, each unit being separated from the adjoining unit(s) by a firewall along the dividing lot line, and each such building being separated from any other building by space on all sides. Each individual townhouse unit has individual front and rear access to the outside. Townhouse units are typically surrounded by common areas owned and maintained by a property owners’ association.
3. 
Dwelling, Townhouse (Multifamily).
A building that has at least two but no more than four individual dwelling units on a single lot. Each unit may or may not be separated by a firewall and shall meet the standards for fire separation between units applicable to a multifamily building. Each individual townhouse unit has individual front and rear access to the outside. This category is distinguished from the Dwelling, Multifamily definition by allowing dwelling units to be located side by side and not one over another.
4. 
Dwelling, Live/Work.
A structure or portion of a structure: (1) that combines a work activity with a residential living area; (2) where the work component is limited to the uses of professional offices, artists’ workshops, studios, or other similar uses and is located on the street level and may be constructed either as separate units or as a single unit; and (3) where the ‘live’ component may be located on the street level behind the ‘work’ component or any other level of the building. Live/work is distinguished from a home occupation otherwise defined herein in that the work use is not required to be incidental to the dwelling unit and customers may be served on site.
5. 
Dwelling, Multifamily (4 DU/lot or fewer).
A dwelling or group of dwellings on one lot containing separate living units for at least two and no greater than four or more families, but which may have joint services or facilities. This category shall include duplexes, triplexes, and quad-plexes. This category is distinguished from the Dwelling, Townhouse Multifamily definition by allowing dwelling units to be located on different floors of the same building.
6. 
Dwelling, Multifamily (More than 4 DU/lot).
A dwelling or group of dwellings on one lot containing separate living units for more than four families, but which may have joint services or facilities.
7. 
HUD-Code Manufactured Home.
A structure defined by and subject to the requirements of the Texas Manufactured Housing Standards Act, as amended. This definition includes the terms “manufactured home” and “manufactured housing.” This definition shall not include “mobile homes” that are defined as pre-1976 units as defined by Texas Manufactured Housing Standards Act, as amended.
B. 
GROUP LIVING.
This category is characterized by residential occupancy of a structure by a group of people who do not meet the definition of “Household Living.” Tenancy is arranged on a monthly or longer basis, and the size of the group may be larger than a family. Generally, Group Living structures have a common eating area for residents. The residents may receive care, training, or treatment, and caregivers may or may not also reside at the site. Accessory uses commonly include recreational facilities and vehicle parking for occupants and staff. Use types under this category include:
1. 
Assisted Living Facility
(≤ 6 residents). An establishment, licensed by the State of Texas, that furnishes, in one or more facilities, food and shelter to four or more persons but no more than 6 who are unrelated to the proprietor of the establishment, and provides personal care services as defined by the State of Texas. These establishments may be located in single-family homes and share the house with the care giver. This category includes adult foster care homes and adult care group homes.
2. 
Assisted Living Facility
(≥ 7 residents). An establishment, licensed by the State of Texas, that furnishes, in one or more facilities, food and shelter to seven or more persons who are unrelated to the proprietor of the establishment, and provides personal care services as defined by the State of Texas.
3. 
Community, Group, or Foster Home.
A community-based residential home or facility that provides care for children 24-hours a day as defined and regulated by Chapter 42, Human Resources Code of the Texas State Statutes, or for adults 24-hours a day as defined and regulated by Chapter 123, Human Resources Code, of the Texas state statutes.
4. 
Independent Senior Living Facility.
A facility containing dwelling units, accessory uses, and support services specifically designed for occupancy by persons 60 years of age or older. Such facilities may include accommodations for people who are fully ambulatory or who require no medical or personal assistance or supervision, as well as accommodations for people who require only limited or intermittent medical or personal assistance.
7.3.2 
Public and Institutional Uses
A. 
CIVIC AND CULTURAL FACILITIES.
Buildings, structures, or facilities owned, operated, or occupied by a governmental entity or nonprofit organization to provide a service to the public. Specific use types include:
1. 
Art Gallery, Museum or Special Purpose Recreational Institution.
A facility or area that is open to the public and is intended for the acquisition, preservation, study, and exhibition of works of artistic, historical, cultural, or scientific value or recreational activity.
2. 
Civic, Social, Philanthropic or Fraternal Organizations.
Any organization operating under a nonprofit or similar charter, the activities of which are devoted exclusively to charitable, benevolent, patriotic, employment-related, recreational, or educational purposes not currently listed elsewhere in this Ordinance. Such an establishment may include the preparation and service of food and/or drink for members and their guests only.
3. 
Labor and Political Organizations.
Any organization promoting the interests of organized labor, union employees, national, state, or local political parties or candidates. Included in this category are labor unions, political groups, and political fund raising groups.
4. 
Business or Professional Organizations.
Any organization promoting the business interests of their members, or of their profession as a whole. They may conduct research on new products and services; develop market statistics; sponsor quality and certification standards; lobby public officials; or publish newsletters, books, or other materials for distribution to their members. Included in this category are Chambers of Commerce, professional organizations, and similar uses.
5. 
Religious Assembly and Institutions.
A facility or area for people to gather together for public worship, religious training, or other religious activities including a church, temple, mosque, synagogue, convent, monastery, or other structure, together with its accessory structures, including a parsonage or rectory. This use does not include home meetings or other religious activities conducted in a privately occupied residence. Accessory uses may include meeting rooms and childcare provided for persons while they are attending assembly functions. Schools and other child care services are not accessory uses and shall require approval as separate principal uses.
B. 
PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES.
Parks, recreation, and open space uses or facilities focus on a range of space types including natural areas, large areas consisting mostly of vegetative landscaping, hardscaping, or outdoor recreation or a combination thereof, community gardens, public greens, public squares, sports playing fields, and public plazas. Land in this category tend to have few structures. Accessory uses may include clubhouses, playgrounds, maintenance facilities, concessions, caretaker’s quarters, and parking. Specific use types include:
1. 
Community Garden.
A facility for cultivation of fruits, flowers, vegetables, or ornamental plants by more than one person or family.
2. 
Farmers Market.
A seasonal and/periodic outdoor market open to the public, operated by a governmental agency, a nonprofit, or other community organization at which regular vendors sell locally grown and made produce and products for home consumption.
3. 
Park or Playground.
A facility or area for recreational, cultural, or aesthetic use owned or operated by a public agency and available to the general public. This definition may include, but is not limited to, plazas, square, greens, lawns, decorative plantings, walkways, active and passive recreation areas, playgrounds, fountains, swimming pools, pavilions, wooded areas, and water courses.
4. 
Nature Preserve.
A Nature Preserve includes protected natural habitats including significant environmentally sensitive areas such as wetlands, woodlands, etc. Public access may be limited to protect the nature preserve and there may be research or educational activities held on the land.
5. 
Recreation Center.
A facility or area for sports or recreation open to the general public for a fee where the activity takes place within an enclosed structure or outside courts and pools. Examples include but are not limited to, gymnasium or indoor arena; basketball, handball, and tennis courts; hockey rinks; swimming pools; and physical fitness centers. This category shall not include entertainment and amusement centers.
C. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
Health-Care Facilities are characterized by activities focusing on medical services, particularly licensed public or private institutions that provide primary health services and medical or surgical care to persons suffering from illness, disease, injury, or other physical or mental conditions. Accessory uses may include laboratories, outpatient, or training facilities, and parking, or other amenities primarily for the use of employees in the firm or building. Specific use types include:
1. 
Clinics and Labs.
An establishment primarily engaged in furnishing medical and lab services included but not limited to chiropractic, dental, medical, surgical, medical imaging, or other services to individuals on an outpatient basis. This includes the offices of chiropractors, physicians, dentists, and other health practitioners, medical and dental laboratories, outpatient care, and outpatient care facilities. Patients are not kept overnight except under emergency conditions.
2. 
Nursing and Other Rehabilitative Services.
An establishment that provides inpatient nursing and rehabilitative services and can accommodate five or more patients for extended care. These establishments have licensed health-care staff serving patients and other support staff for continuous personal care services. Convalescent homes, convalescent hospitals, inpatient care hospices, nursing homes, and rest homes with nursing care are a few examples of services these establishments provide. This category also includes mental retardation services (not licensed hospital care) to people with mental illness, substance abuse problems, psychiatric convalescent needs, etc. The focus of these services may include health-care, but the primary purpose is protective supervision and counseling. Other terms used to describe these services are: alcoholism or drug addiction rehabilitation, mental health halfway houses, group homes for the emotionally disturbed, and psychiatric convalescent homes. Other rehabilitation services establishments in this category provide include boot or disciplinary camps (except correctional), housing services for hearing or visually impaired, disabled, etc.
3. 
Hospital.
A facility or area for providing human-related health services primarily for in-patient medical or surgical care for the sick or injured and including related facilities such as laboratories, out-patient departments, training facilities, central services facilities, and staff offices that are an integral part of the facilities.
4. 
Social Assistance and Welfare Services.
Social assistance and welfare services provide public or community related service or charity services directly to individuals. They do not offer residential or accommodation services.
5. 
Outdoor Donation Stations or Boxes.
Any temporary container, storage unit, box or other receptacle, other than an accessory building or structure, that is located outside of a building intended or used for the holding of charitable or for-profit donated items by the general public, including but not limited to clothing, toys, books, and newspapers. This term shall not include recycling collection points.
6. 
Funeral Homes and Services (with or without cremation services).
This category comprises establishments preparing the dead for burial or interment and conducting funerals (i.e., providing facilities for wakes, arranging transportation for the dead, selling caskets and related merchandise). Funeral homes combined with crematories may also be included in this category. If included, crematories are establishments that operate sites or structures reserved for the interment of human or animal remains.
7. 
Cemetery.
A facility or area used or intended to be used for the interment or burial of the dead, including graveyard, burial park, mausoleum, columbarium, or any other area containing one or more graves.
D. 
PUBLIC AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS.
An office of a governmental agency that provides administrative and/or direct services to the public, such as, but not limited to: post offices, city halls, employment offices, libraries, museums, police and fire stations, or motor vehicle licensing and registration services. This use does not include utilities as defined elsewhere in this Ordinance.
1. 
Legislative and Executive Functions.
This category shall include general government administration functions such as City Hall, County or School District Administration functions.
2. 
Courts (local, state, and federal).
This category shall include all judicial functions such as courts.
3. 
Correctional Institutions.
These government establishments manage and operate correctional institutions. Their facilities are generally designed for the confinement, correction, and rehabilitation of offenders sentenced by a court.
4. 
Public Safety Facility.
This category comprises government-owned or volunteer establishments providing fire and rescue, police, and emergency response services.
5. 
Other Government Functions.
This category shall be utilized for any other government-owned and/or operated establishments not classified elsewhere in this Ordinance.
E. 
EDUCATIONAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS.
Public, private, and parochial institutions at the primary, elementary, middle, high school, or post-secondary level, or trade or business schools, that provide educational instruction to students. Accessory uses include play areas, cafeterias, recreational and sport facilities, auditoriums, and before- or after-school day care. Specific use types include:
1. 
Child-Day Care.
Child-day care establishments primarily care for more than six infants and preschool children and often may offer pre-kindergarten education programs. Some provide care services for older children. These facilities are licensed, certified, or registered by the State to provide their respective services.
2. 
Nursery and pre-school.
These facilities are appropriately licensed, certified, or registered by the State to provide daytime care, training and education for more than six children. This definition may include after-school and summer programs which coincide with the age brackets for public and private schools as provided in this Ordinance.
3. 
Elementary and Middle Schools.
These are public or private educational facilities that provide the appropriate grade school education that satisfies the compulsory education laws of the State of Texas.
4. 
Senior and High Schools.
These are public or private educational facilities that provide the appropriate higher grade school education that satisfies the compulsory education laws of the State of Texas.
5. 
Colleges and Universities.
This category includes public or private junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools. These establishments furnish academic or technical courses and grant degrees, certificates, or diplomas at the associate, baccalaureate, or graduate levels. The requirement for admission is at least a high school diploma or equivalent general academic training. This category may include a Seminary which is an institution for the training of candidates for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
6. 
Technical, trade, and specialty schools.
This category includes public or private institutions offer vocational and technical training in a variety of technical subjects and trades such as auto repair, welding, bricklaying, machinery operation, cosmetology, or other similar trades or crafts. The training often leads to job-specific certification.
7.3.3 
Commercial Uses
A. 
AGRICULTURE.
The use of land for purposes including farming, dairying, pasturage, horticulture, animal and poultry husbandry, and the necessary accessory uses for treating or storing of farm products and parking of equipment. Specific use types include:
1. 
Crop Production.
An area for raising or harvesting agricultural crops such as wheat, field forage, and other plant crops intended to provide food or fiber.
2. 
Support functions for agriculture.
This category comprises support establishments employed by the agriculture and forestry industries. They perform activities associated with production and distribution of forest and agricultural products. Many support establishments are independently run. This category may include farm and farm labor management, agricultural equipment sales and service, and similar functions.
3. 
Greenhouse, nursery, floriculture.
Establishments in this class grow nursery products, nursery stock, shrubbery, bulbs, fruit stock, sod, and so forth; or, grow short rotation woody trees with a growth and harvest cycle of 10 years or less for pulp or tree stock. This category shall also include floriculture establishments which grow or produce floriculture or ornamental horticulture products (e.g., cut flowers and roses, cut cultivated greens, potted flowering and foliage plants, and flower seeds).
B. 
ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND RANCHING.
This category is intended for facilities or areas for raising animals (including fish and birds) and the development of animal products, such as meat, fur, or eggs, on a commercial basis. Typical uses include beef, horse, or sheep ranching; other cattle for meat production; poultry; dairy; and fish farming. Establishments keep, graze, breed, or feed animals in ranches, farms, or feedlots. This use does not include raising animals to sell as pets. This category shall not include slaughter houses.
1. 
Cattle Ranches.
Establishments in this category raise cattle for dairy farming or feed cattle for fattening purposes.
2. 
Sheep and Goat Farming.
These establishments raise sheep, lambs, and goats, or feed lambs for fattening. Sheep or lambs may be raised for sale or wool production.
3. 
Fish Hatcheries and Aquaculture.
This class comprises establishments that farm raise finfish, shellfish, or any other kind of animal aquaculture. These establishments use some form of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as holding in captivity, regular stocking, feeding, or protecting from predators.
4. 
Apiculture.
This class comprises establishments raising bees. These establishments collect and sell honey; and sell queen bees, packages of bees, royal jelly, bees’ wax, propolis, venom, or other bee products.
5. 
Horse and Equine Farming.
This class comprises establishments raising horses, mules, donkeys, and other equines.
C. 
ANIMAL-RELATED SERVICES.
The boarding and care of animals on a commercial basis. Accessory uses may include confinement facilities for animals, parking, and storage areas. Specific use types include:
1. 
Veterinary Clinic.
A facility for the diagnosis, treatment, or hospitalization of animals. The incidental boarding or breeding of animals is included in this definition.
2. 
Kennel, Commercial.
A facility or area for keeping four or more dogs, cats, or other household pets or where grooming, breeding, boarding, training, or selling of animals is conducted as a business. This definition does not include a veterinary clinic (as defined in this Ordinance), a pet store, or an animal grooming shop.
3. 
Stables, Commercial.
A facility or area where horses, mules, or other domestic animals are kept, housed, boarded, lodged, fed, hired, trained, sold, or bred as a commercial activity. The definition includes accessory uses such as riding lessons, clinics, and similar activities.
4. 
Pet and animal related sales and services (including grooming and care).
These establishments provide animal and pet care services (except veterinary), such as boarding, grooming, sitting, and training.
5. 
Animal-Related Service with outdoor runs.
These establishments shall include any animal related use that has fenced outdoor areas for animals associated with the primary use.
D. 
AUTO-RELATED SALES AND SERVICE.
This category includes a broad range of uses for the maintenance, sale, or rental of motor vehicles and related equipment. Accessory uses may include incidental repair, storage, and offices. Specific use types include:
1. 
Motor Vehicle Sales, New.
A motor vehicle retail establishment or “car dealer” operated by a franchised dealer. A “franchised dealer” means a person who holds a franchised motor vehicle dealer’s license issued under the Texas Transportation Code, and is engaged in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging new motor vehicles and servicing or repairing motor vehicles under a manufacturer’s warranty at an established and permanent place of business under a franchise in effect with a manufacturer or distributor. For purposes of this definition, motor vehicles are not considered outside storage. Accessory uses may include the sale of used motor vehicles, auto service, and auto repair activities, as defined elsewhere in this Ordinance.
2. 
Motor Vehicle Sales, Used.
An establishment operated by a nonfranchised or independent dealer, and is engaged in the business of selling used motor vehicles. A “used motor vehicle” is a vehicle that has been sold to a retail customer for purposes other than resale.
3. 
Large vehicle sales and service.
These establishments retail new or used larger vehicles (not included in car dealers’ category), such as buses, recreational vehicles (RVs), motor homes, and large trucks. Often these establishments also provide repair services and sell replacement parts and accessories.
4. 
Specialty Vehicle Sales, New.
This class comprises establishments retailing new specialty vehicles. Specialty vehicles include motorcycles, motor scooters, motor bikes, mopeds, off-road all-terrain vehicles, boats, jetskis, and other similar vehicles and trailers. Included in this category are repair services and sales of replacement parts and accessories.
5. 
Specialty Vehicle Sales, Used.
This class comprises establishments retailing used specialty vehicles. Specialty vehicles include motorcycles, motor scooters, motor bikes, mopeds, off-road all-terrain vehicles, boats, jetskis, and other similar vehicles and trailers. Included in this category are repair services and sales of replacement parts and accessories.
6. 
Auto Repair and Service, Minor.
A facility or area for the servicing and minor repair of motor vehicles within enclosed service bays or stalls. Typical services include the retail sale and dispensing of lubricating oils, tires, filters, and other limited repair and maintenance work including the replacement of new or reconditioned parts in motorized vehicles of 10,000 pounds or less gross vehicle weight. This definition includes quick-lube shops and tire shops, but does not include any operation included in the definition of “Auto Repair and Service, Major.”
7. 
Auto Repair and Service, Major.
A facility or area for one or more of the following activities:
a. 
Reconditioning of any type of motorized vehicle, including any repairs made to vehicles over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight.
b. 
Collision services, including body, frame, or fender straightening or repair.
c. 
Overall painting of vehicles or painting of vehicles in a paint shop or paint booth.
d. 
Dismantling of motorized vehicles in an enclosed structure.
8. 
Car and Truck Wash.
A facility or area for the cleaning or steam cleaning, washing, polishing, or waxing of passenger vehicles by machine or hand-operated facilities. A carwash may be:
a. 
A single unit type that has a single bay or a group of single bays with each bay to accommodate one vehicle only; or
b. 
A tunnel type that allows washing of multiple vehicles in a tandem arrangement while moving through the structure.
9. 
Auto-Related Parts and Accessory Sales.
Primarily comprising of automotive supply stores, these establishments retail new, used, or rebuilt automotive parts and accessories. They may also include repair and installation services. Examples include parts and supply stores, automotive stereo stores, speed shops, truck cap stores, and tires and tube shops.
10. 
Car Rental.
A facility for the rental of cars and passenger truck vehicles. Vehicles kept on the lot for rental purposes are not considered to be outside storage.
11. 
RV, Trailers, and Truck Rental.
Establishments in this classification rent or lease trucks, truck tractors or buses, semi trailers, utility trailers, RVs (recreational vehicles), or off-highway transportation equipment.
12. 
Any retail use with Gasoline Sales Pumps.
A facility or area for the retail sale of motor vehicle fuel dispensed from pumps which typically includes the canopy, circulation, and stacking areas.
E. 
RETAIL SALES.
Retail sales establishments sell merchandise directly to the general public from a fixed point-of-sale location. Retail establishments are designed to attract a high volume of walk-in customers and they often have displays of merchandise and sell to the general public for personal or household consumption Accessory uses may include offices, parking, storage of goods, and assembly, repackaging, or repair of goods for on-site sale. Specific use types include:
1. 
Furniture and home furnishings.
These establishments sell products, such as household furniture (e.g., baby furniture box springs and mattresses) and outdoor furniture, office furniture (except those sold in combination with office supplies and equipment), floor coverings (rugs, carpets, vinyl floor coverings, and floor tile not only ceramic or wood), and window treatments (curtains, drapes, blinds, and shades). Some of these items may be sold in combination with major appliances or home electronics, or in combination with installation and repair services.
2. 
Building Materials, Home and Garden Centers.
These establishments include the retail sale of home building and repair, lawn, and garden supplies, and construction materials such as brick, lumber, and other similar materials. They may also sell other products, such as plumbing goods, electrical goods, tools, housewares, hardware, and home appliances.
3. 
Swimming Pool, Spa, and accessory sales and service.
These establishments are for the sales, general repair, and maintenance of swimming pools or spas and accessories, including but not limited to outdoor furniture, mechanical equipment, and chemicals.
4. 
Department Store, Superstore, or Warehouse Club.
These establishments are unique in that they have the equipment and staff capable of retailing a large variety of consumer goods from a single, and relatively large location (generally over 80,000 sq. ft.). They retail a wide range of products with no one merchandise line predominating. Products may include: apparel, furniture, appliances and home furnishings, paint, hardware, toiletries, cosmetics, photographic equipment, jewelry, toys, and sporting goods. Merchandise lines may be arranged in separate departments. Use this classification for establishments known as warehouse clubs, superstores or supercenters retailing a general line of groceries in combination with general merchandise.
5. 
Electronics and Appliances.
Establishments in the electronics and appliance stores class retail electronics and appliance merchandise from point-of-sale locations. Products sold at these establishments include household-type appliances, cameras, televisions, stereos, and other electronic goods. These establishments often sell computer hardware and software along with other lines of merchandise.
6. 
Durable Consumer Goods Sales.
Establishments in this retail sales category offer a wide range of product lines that often include: clothing, florists, sporting goods, art supplies, shoes, jewelry, toiletries, cosmetics, photographic equipment, toys, books & magazines, furniture, furnishings, appliances, electronics, automotive parts, and dry goods. Examples of such establishments are: department stores, warehouse clubs, superstores or super centers (with the exception of grocery stores).
7. 
Grocery Store or Supermarket.
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores retail a general line of food, such as canned and frozen foods; fresh fruits and vegetables; and fresh and prepared meats, fish, and poultry. Included in this class are meat and seafood markets, delicatessen-type establishments, and establishments retailing baked goods (usually made off-premises). These establishments may include pharmacies, banks, or cafes.
8. 
Convenience Store.
Convenience stores or food marts (except those with fuel pumps) primarily retail a limited line of goods that generally includes milk, bread, soda, and snacks. In high traffic or tourism corridors, they also sell gifts, crafts, maps, and other goods normally associated with travel and tourism.
9. 
Beer and Wine Sales.
These include any retail sales establishment that also sells packaged alcoholic beverages, such as ale, beer, and wine for off-premises consumption only.
10. 
Pharmacy or Drug store.
Pharmacies and drug stores primarily retail prescription or nonprescription drugs and medicines. They may include other household convenience items and cosmetics.
11. 
Cosmetics and beauty supplies.
Shall be considered as Durable Consumer Goods
12. 
Firearm Sales.
A retail store used for the sale, vending, dealing, exchange, or transfer, of firearms, with or without the sale of ammunition and/or firearm accessories.
13. 
Pawn Shop.
A building or premises (other than a bank, savings and loan, or mortgage banking company) used for the business of lending money on the security of pledged goods, or for the business of the purchase of tangible personal property on condition that it may be redeemed or repurchased by the seller for a fixed price within a fixed period of time.
14. 
Used Goods Sales.
Establishment for the sale of any goods, materials, or other articles of merchandise that are not new. This definition includes items that have been used or worn previously by another, consignment stores, antique malls, and “cash for gold” businesses.
15. 
Specialty Retail and Paraphernalia Sales.
Establishment where the primary use of the building or lease space includes any one or any combination of the following: the sale of cigarette papers, bongs, or other smoking accessories including e-cigarettes. This definition shall include head shops and vapor shops.
16. 
Any retail sales use with outdoor storage.
This category shall include any use under the Retail Sales category that includes outdoor storage of merchandise and equipment (with the exception of automobiles).
17. 
Any retail sales use with gasoline sale pumps.
This category includes any use under the Retail Sales category that includes gasoline sales pump.
18. 
Any retail sales use with drive-thru facilities.
This category includes any use under the Retail Sales category that includes drive-thru or drive-up facilities where customers are served without leaving their vehicles.
F. 
FINANCIAL AND REAL ESTATE SERVICES.
This category includes a range of uses related to retail banking and financial services to individuals and businesses. Specific use types include:
1. 
Bank, investment, or Financial Institution (without drive-thru service).
An establishment, open to the public, for the deposit, custody, loan, exchange or issue of money, the extension of credit, and/or facilitating the transmission of funds and that is licensed by the appropriate state or federal agency as a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union. Accessory uses may include automatic teller machines, offices, and parking.
This category excludes bail bonds, pawnshops, payday advance/loan businesses, and motor vehicle title loan businesses. Additionally, it excludes regulated lenders licensed in accordance with Chapter 342 of the Texas Finance Code that also offer services as credit access businesses under Chapter 393 of the Texas Finance Code.
2. 
Bank, investment, or Financial Institution (with drive-thru service).
An establishment, open to the public, for the deposit, custody, loan, exchange or issue of money, the extension of credit, and/or facilitating the transmission of funds and that is licensed by the appropriate state or federal agency as a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union. Accessory uses may include automatic teller machines, drive-thru service, offices, and parking.
This excludes bail bonds, pawnshops, payday advance/loan businesses, and motor vehicle title loan businesses. Additionally, it excludes regulated lenders licensed in accordance with Chapter 342 of the Texas Finance Code that also offer services as credit access businesses under Chapter 393 of the Texas Finance Code.
3. 
Alternative Financial Institution.
A payday advance/loan business or a motor vehicle title loan business. An alternative financial institution does not include state or federally chartered banks, community development financial institutions, savings and loans, credit unions, or regulated lenders licensed in accordance with Chapter 342 of the Texas Finance Code.
If a regulated lender licensed in accordance with Chapter 342 of the Texas Finance Code also offers services as a ‘credit service organization’ and/or a ‘credit access business’ under Chapter 393 of the Texas Finance Code, that business is an alternative financial establishment.
4. 
Real Estate Services.
Establishments in this category comprise of those that are in the business of selling or leasing real estate including residential, retail, office buildings, manufactured homes and sites, vacant lots, and acreage. It also includes real estate appraisers (which estimate the market value of real estate), and other establishments performing real estate related services while not leasing buildings.
5. 
Property Management Services.
This category comprises establishments that manage real property for others. Management includes performing various services associated with overall operation of property, such as collecting rents, and overseeing services such as maintenance, security, and trash removal. Included in this category are
owner-leasers and establishments renting real estate and then acting as leasers in subleasing it to others. Establishments may manage the property themselves or have another establishment manage it for them.
G. 
RENTAL AND LEASING SERVICES.
Establishments in the rental and leasing category include establishments that provide tangible goods, such as computers, video games, consumer goods, and industrial machinery and equipment, to customers in return for a periodic rental or lease payment. This category does not include car and truck rental which are included in the Auto-related sales and service category.
1. 
Recreational and Consumer Goods Rental.
These establishments rent recreational goods, such as skis, canoes, bicycles, sailboats, etc. This category also includes establishments that rent personal and household type goods. Establishments generally provide short-term rental although in some instances, the goods may be leased for longer periods of time. These establishments often operate from a retail-like or store-front facility. Rental items include: home health equipment; consumer electronics equipment, such as televisions, stereos, and refrigerators; clothing, such as formal wear, costumes, (except laundered uniforms and work apparel); furniture; and party supplies.
2. 
Commercial and Industrial Machinery Leasing and Rental.
These establishments rent or lease: a) office machinery and equipment, such as computers, office furniture, duplicating machines (i.e., copiers), or facsimile machines; b) heavy equipment without operators used for construction, mining, or forestry, such as bulldozers, earthmoving equipment, well-drilling machinery and equipment, or cranes; c) other nonconsumer machinery and equipment, such as manufacturing equipment; metalworking, telecommunications, motion picture, or theatrical equipment; institutional (i.e., public building) furniture; or agricultural equipment without operators.
3. 
Video, Music, and Software Rental.
These establishments rent video, music, software, and other intellectual property.
H. 
FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICES.
Businesses that serve prepared food or beverages for consumption on or off the premises. Accessory uses may include food preparation areas, offices, and parking. Specific use types include:
1. 
Bar or Drinking Establishment.
An establishment, licensed by the State for the sale of alcoholic beverages, that derives more than 75 percent of the establishment’s gross revenue from the on-premises sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption.
2. 
Full-service Restaurant.
Full-service restaurants provide food services to patrons who order and are served while seated (i.e. waiter/waitress service) and pay after eating. They may provide this service in combination with selling alcoholic beverages, providing takeout services, or presenting live nontheatrical entertainment. If alcoholic beverages are sold for on-premises consumption, such sales may not constitute more than 75% of the gross sales of the establishment.
3. 
Cafe or self-service Restaurant.
These provide self-service food services where patrons order or select items and pay before eating. Food and drink may be consumed on premises, taken out, or delivered to customers’ location. Some establishments in this category may provide food services in combination with selling alcoholic beverages as long as such sales constitute no more than 75% of the gross sales of the establishment. This category includes cafeterias, which use cafeteria-style serving equipment, a refrigerated area, and self-service beverage dispensing equipment, and which display food and drink items in a continuous cafeteria line.
4. 
Restaurant with take out or delivery service only.
A food establishment that is open to the public, where food and beverages are prepared primarily for carry-out by the consumer or delivery by the establishment and not for consumption on the premises. This classification may include pizza delivery, specialty food and beverage shops, or baked goods shops. This classification does not include mobile food establishments.
5. 
Snack, coffee, juice, ice cream, or specialty food sales.
These prepare and serve specialty snacks, such as ice cream, frozen yogurt, cookies, or popcorn, or serve nonalcoholic beverages, such as coffee, juices, or sodas for consumption on or near the premises. These establishments may carry and sell a combination of snack, nonalcoholic beverage, and other related products (e.g., coffee beans, mugs, and coffee makers) but generally promote and sell a unique food or beverage item.
6. 
Catering Service.
A food establishment without on-site banquet facilities that provides, prepares, and/or serves food at off-site locations for groups, where all food and service expenses are paid by the group and not for individual sale.
7. 
Any food and beverage establishment with drive-thru or drive-up facility.
This category shall include any food and beverage establishment with drive thru or drive-up facilities where customers are served without having to leave their vehicles.
8. 
Any food and beverage establishment with outdoor or sidewalk service.
Any outdoor eating and/or drinking area located on a public sidewalk or parkway and containing removable tables, chairs, planters, or related appurtenances.
I. 
LODGING FACILITIES.
This category includes for-profit establishments where lodging, meals, and the like are provided to transient visitors and guests for a defined period. Specific use types include:
1. 
Limited Service Hotels/Motels, including extended stay or residence hotels.
A building or group of buildings providing transient lodging accommodations to the general public for compensation, where each guest room may be accessed from an interior or exterior hallway. Accessory uses may include meeting rooms, clubhouse, and recreational facilities intended for the use of residents and their guests. This definition shall not include other dwelling units as defined by this Ordinance.
2. 
Hotel, Full Service.
A building or group of buildings providing transient lodging accommodations to the general public for compensation, where each guest room is accessed from an interior corridor, and that includes ancillary facilities and services such as restaurants, meeting rooms, personal services, recreational facilities, daily housekeeping service, and 24-hour front desk service.
3. 
Short-Term Rentals. A full or partial dwelling unit containing one or more kitchens, one or more bathrooms, or one or more bedrooms that is rented to occupants for fewer than 30 consecutive days per rental period.
J. 
BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL, AND TECHNICAL SERVICES.
This category includes a range of office and business services and facilities that include executive, management, administrative, medical, professional and business support services not specifically listed elsewhere in this Ordinance, but not involving the sale of merchandise except as incidental to a permitted use. Accessory uses may include cafeterias, health facilities, parking, or other amenities primarily for the use of employees in the firm or building.
1. 
Offices for business, professional, or technical services.
This category includes offices for corporate, professional, scientific, and technical services for others. Such services require a high degree of expertise and training. This category includes call/customer service centers, offices for real estate, insurance, property management, investment, employment, travel, advertising, law, architecture, design, engineering, accounting, research and development, and similar offices.
2. 
Offices for Administrative Services.
Typical office establishments in any business area fall in this category. They provide a variety of standard administrative services. These establishments are typically associated with white-collar workers. These may be independent establishments or part of conglomerates that serve one or more companies.
3. 
Services related to buildings (janitorial, landscaping, cleaning, etc.).
These establishments provide services, such as pest control, janitorial activities, landscaping, carpet and upholstery cleaning, and other services for buildings and dwellings.
4. 
Medical and Dental Offices.
These establishments include offices for medical, dental, and related professionals.
K. 
PERSONAL SERVICES.
This is category includes establishments that provide individual services related to personal needs directly to customers at the site of the business, or that receive goods from or return goods to the customer, which have been treated or processed at that location or another location.
1. 
General Personal Services.
An establishment, whether for compensation or not, that provides care, advice, aid, maintenance, repair, treatment, or assistance, not including the practice of a profession and the wholesale or retail sale of goods. Typical examples include barber/beauty shop, spa/salon, shoe repair, tailor, laundry or dry cleaning services, handcrafted or instructional arts studio, photography studio, safe deposit boxes, travel bureau, house cleaning services, weight reduction centers, florist (excluding greenhouses), or pet grooming shop. Boarding is not an incidental use to pet shops or pet grooming shops. This category shall not include the specific categories defined below.
2. 
Bail bond services.
An establishment that solicits, negotiates, and executes bonds or other security to guarantee the appearance in court of a person accused of a crime.
3. 
Massage Therapy.
Any building, room, place, or establishment other than where regularly licensed nonmedical or nonsurgical manipulative exercises or devices are practiced upon the human body manually or otherwise by a licensed massage therapist, physician, surgeon, dentist, occupational or physical therapist, chiropractor, or osteopath, with or without the use of therapeutic, electrical, mechanical, or bathing devices.
4. 
Tattoo parlor or piercing studio.
An establishment whose principal business activity, either in terms of operation or as held out to the public, is the practice of one or more of the following: (1) placing of designs, letters, figures, symbols, or other marks upon or under the skin of any person, using ink or other substances that result in the permanent coloration of the skin, by means of the use of needles or other instruments designed to contact or puncture the skin; (2) creation of an opening in the body of a person for the purpose of inserting jewelry or other decoration.
L. 
RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT, INDOOR.
This category includes uses that provide recreation or entertainment activities within an enclosed environment. Accessory uses may include concessions, snack bars, parking, and maintenance facilities. Specific use types include:
1. 
Banquet or Meeting Facility.
An establishment that is leased on a temporary basis before the day of the event by individuals or groups who reserve the facility to accommodate private functions, including, but not limited to, banquets, weddings, anniversaries, receptions, business and organizational meetings, and other similar functions, to which the general public is not admitted and for which no admission charge is imposed. Such establishments may include kitchen facilities for the preparation of food or catering of food and areas for dancing, dining, and other entertainment activities that customarily occur in association with banquets, weddings, or receptions.
2. 
Fitness Club, Gym, or Sports Club.
These establishments operate fitness and recreational sports facilities, or, provide services for fitness or recreational sports teams, clubs, or individual activities within enclosed structures. The facilities-operating establishments to be classified here include, but are not limited to: fitness clubs, gyms, enclosed arenas, enclosed recreational ball parks and courts, and more.
3. 
Games Arcade.
A building, facility, or other place that contains one or more mechanical or electronic machines or equipment for amusement. This category shall not include gambling establishments.
4. 
Skating Rink (ice, roller skating, etc.).
A facility open to the public and used primarily for the activity of ice or roller skating.
5. 
Bowling, Billiards, Pool, Bingo, etc..
This category comprises establishments operating bowling alleys, billiards or pool tables, or bingo games. These establishments often provide food and beverage services.
6. 
Indoor Amusement Establishment.
This category shall include facilities for a wide variety of sport, entertainment, games of skill, or recreation to the general public for a fee where the activity takes place within an enclosed structure. Examples include but are not limited to bowling, billiards, darts, paintball, laser tag or similar activities; gymnasium or indoor arena; basketball, handball, soccer, and tennis courts; hockey rinks; swimming pools; physical fitness centers; and amusement devices. This category shall not include amusement devices that include gambling games.
7. 
Shooting Club.
This category includes indoor facilities especially designed for the safe discharge and use of handguns, rifles, or other firearms for the purpose of sport-shooting or military/law enforcement training.
8. 
Theater (movie, music, drama, or dance).
A structure that is open to the public and is used for dramatic, operatic, musical, motion picture, or other performance or entertainment-related activities, where admission is charged per performance or event, and where there is no audience participation other than as spectators. Such establishments may include incidental services such as food and beverage sales and other concessions.
M. 
RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT USES, OUTDOOR.
This category includes uses that provide recreation or entertainment activities inside and/or outside of an enclosed environment. Accessory uses may include concessions, snack bars, parking, and maintenance facilities. Specific use types include:
1. 
Outdoor Amusement Establishment.
This category shall include uses that provide a variety of outdoor activities for entertainment and recreation including amusement rides, basketball, baseball, batting cages, go-cart tracks, tennis courts, amusement and theme parks, water parks, marinas, water sports, and other activities not specifically listed under this general category. This category may include indoor arcade facilities and food and beverage sales as well.
2. 
Golf Course.
A tract of land laid out with a course having nine or more holes for the playing of golf, including any accessory clubhouse, driving range, offices, restaurant, concession stand, picnic tables, pro shop, maintenance facilities, or similar accessory uses or structures.
3. 
Country Club.
A facility or area laid out for recreational, athletic, and social purposes, with limited membership, and the use of which is primarily restricted to members and their guests. A golf course may be included as an additional principal use. Accessory uses may include retail sales, a club house, and other recreational facilities.
4. 
Shooting Club.
A facility or area for the sport of shooting at targets to test accuracy in rifle, pistol, or archery practice, owned or operated by a corporation, association, or persons, and conducted outside of an enclosed structure. This category includes skeet shooting facilities, target ranges, archery, and similar activities.
5. 
Miniature Golf Establishment.
These establishments operate miniature golf courses, and typically provide the necessary equipment to patrons. These establishments are distinct from golf courses and country clubs and may be in conjunction with other outdoor or indoor recreation and entertainment uses.
N. 
OTHER COMMERCIAL USES.
1. 
Structured Parking.
As a principal use, a structure for parking that is operated as a business enterprise with a service charge or fee being paid to the owner or operator for the storage or parking of privately owned vehicles, and is not reserved or required to accommodate occupants, clients, customers, or employees of a particular establishment or premises.
2. 
Sexually-Oriented Business.
This category shall include any commercial enterprise in which the primary business is the offering of a service or the selling, renting, or exhibiting of devices or any other items intended to provide sexual stimulation or sexual gratification to the customers. This category shall include, but not be limited to, adult arcades, adult bookstores or adult video stores, adult cabarets, adult motels, adult motion picture theaters, or nude model studios.
7.3.4 
Industrial Uses
A. 
MANUFACTURING.
This category includes establishments involved in the manufacturing, processing, fabrication, packaging, or assembly of goods. Manufacturing establishments are located in plants, factories, or mills and employ power-driven machines and materials-handling equipment. Natural, constructed, raw, secondary, or partially completed materials may be used. Products may be finished or semi-finished and are generally made for the wholesale market, for transfer to other plants, or to order for firms or consumers. Custom industry is included, such as establishments primarily engaged in the on-site production of goods by hand manufacturing involving the use of hand tools and small-scale equipment. Goods are generally not displayed or sold on site, but if so, such activity is a subordinate part of sales. Relatively few customers come to the manufacturing site. Accessory activities may include retail sales, offices, cafeterias, parking, employee recreational facilities, warehouses, storage yards, repair facilities, truck fleets, and caretaker’s quarters. Specific use types include:
1. 
Food and Beverage Processing.
A facility or area in which food for human consumption in its final form, such as candy, baked goods, tortillas, soda, beer, and ice cream is produced, and the food is distributed to retailers or wholesalers for resale on or off the premises. Food or beverage processing using mechanized assembly line production of canned or bottled goods is excluded from this definition.
2. 
Microbrewery, micro distillery, winery.
A microbrewery is a small-scale brewing facility designed for the production of malt liquors such as beer and ale, using grains such as oats, hops, rice, wheat, and barley, designed and managed to brew no more than 75,000 barrels of beer per year. A micro distillery is a small-scale facility designed for the manufacture, bottling, labeling, packaging, and sale of distilled spirits and other liquors. A winery is a facility designed for the manufacture, bottling, labeling, packaging, and sale of wine containing not more than 24 percent alcohol by volume.
3. 
Paper and Printing Materials.
Establishments in this category primarily manufacture paper and offer printing-related products. Excluded are photosensitive papers, which are classified in chemical and plastics. Printing establishments print products (e.g. newspapers, books, periodicals, and greeting cards) and perform support activities, such as bookbinding, plate making services, and data imaging. Clothing printers are included if their primary activity is printing, not clothing manufacturing (e.g. T-shirt printing is included, but fabric printing is not).
4. 
Furniture and related products.
These establishments manufacture furniture and related articles, such as mattresses, window blinds, cabinets, fixtures, furniture parts, and frames. Processes include the cutting, bending, molding, laminating, and assembling of materials, such as wood, metal, glass, plastics, and rattan. Aesthetic and functional design also plays an important part in the production of furniture. Design services may be performed by the furniture establishment’s work force or may be purchased from industrial designers.
5. 
Machinery, Appliance, Electrical Equipment, Electronics, and components.
Establishments in this subcategory include a range of manufacturing activities. It includes establishments that make machinery for particular applications, such as agriculture, construction, mining, ventilation, industrial/commercial heating and cooling, and metalworking. It also includes establishments manufacturing electrical products, including motors and generators and manufacturers of household appliances, including heaters, refrigerators, and air conditioners.
6. 
Transportation Equipment and Automobiles.
Establishments in this subcategory produce equipment for transporting people and goods. Although transportation equipment is a type of machinery, assembly tends to be distinct from the production processes common in the machinery manufacturing.
7. 
Miscellaneous Manufacturing.
This category includes all other manufacturing establishments not classified elsewhere. Some of these include jewelry, silverware, dolls, toys, games, musical instruments, office supplies, inks, and signs.
8. 
Chemicals, Metals, and Heavy Manufacturing.
Establishments in this category transform or refine chemicals or metals, and manufacture products from chemicals or metals. Establishments in this category include petroleum or coal products; chemical, plastics, or rubber products; or primary metal manufacturing.
B. 
WHOLESALE TRADE.
Wholesaling is an intermediate step in the distribution of merchandise. Wholesalers either sell or arrange the purchase of goods to other businesses and normally operate from a warehouse or office. They may be located in an office building or a warehouse. Unlike retailers, their warehouses and offices have little or no display of merchandise. Whether the establishment is in a warehouse or an office building depends on a combination of activity and structure-type dimensions. Subcategories include durable and nondurable goods.
1. 
Durable Goods.
Establishments in the durable goods subcategory sell or arrange the purchase or sale of capital or durable goods to other businesses. These establishments wholesale products, such as motor vehicles, furniture, construction materials, machinery and equipment (including household-type appliances), metals and minerals (except petroleum), sporting goods, toys and hobby goods, recyclable materials, and parts. Durable goods generally have life expectancy of at least three years.
2. 
Nondurable Goods.
Establishments in the nondurable goods subcategory sell or arrange the purchase or sale of nondurable goods to other businesses. These establishments wholesale products, such as paper products, chemicals, drugs, textiles, apparel, footwear, groceries, farm products, petroleum products, alcoholic beverages, books, magazines, newspapers, flowers, and tobacco products. Nondurable goods generally have a life expectancy of less than three years.
C. 
WAREHOUSE AND STORAGE.
These service establishments operate warehouse and storage facilities for wholesale trade, general merchandise, refrigerated goods, and other warehouse products. They provide the facilities to store goods but do not sell the goods they handle. They may also provide a range of services related to the distribution of goods, such as labeling, breaking bulk, inventory control and management, light assembly, order entry and fulfillment, packaging, pick and pack, price marking and ticketing, and transportation arrangement. This category also includes commercial mini-storage or self storage facilities. There is little on-site sales activity with the customer present. Accessory uses may include offices, truck fleet parking, and maintenance areas.
1. 
Cold Storage Plant.
A facility or area where refrigerated or frozen materials are processed, sold, packaged, or kept in protective storage, such as food, furs, or other products.
2. 
Distribution Center or Warehouse.
This category includes buildings or areas for storage, wholesale, and/or distribution of manufactured products, supplies, and equipment. This definition excludes the bulk storage of materials that are flammable or explosive or that create hazardous or commonly recognized offensive conditions.
3. 
Self-Storage or Mini Storage.
A facility or area where enclosed storage space, divided into separate smaller compartments, is provided for use by individuals to store personal items or by businesses to store materials for operation of a business establishment at another location. Related activities, such as retail sale of packing and moving materials and the rental of moving equipment, including vans and trucks, are allowed as incidental uses.
4. 
Any Industrial Use with Outdoor Storage.
This category includes any use in the Industrial use category that provides outside (with or without roof) storage of equipment, inventory and materials, or finished products.
D. 
CONSTRUCTION RELATED BUSINESSES.
These establishments either build buildings or structures, or perform additions, alterations, reconstruction, installation, and repairs. They may also provide building demolition or wrecking services. Establishments engaged in blasting, test drilling, landfill, leveling, earthmoving, excavating, land drainage, and other land preparation are included as well. This category reflects the unique processes and site needs such as equipment and material storage, etc. of these establishments.
1. 
Machinery related contractor’s yards and storage.
A facility or area for the outdoor storage of building materials, tools, heavy machinery, dump trucks, or commercial and heavy equipment used in relation to construction uses and related businesses.
2. 
Specialty Trade Contractors.
Establishments in this category specialize in construction activities, such as plumbing, painting, and electrical work. Special trade contractors usually work at the job site, although they may have shops for storage, prefabrication and other work. Specialty trade contractors include carpentry, floor, tile, roof, concrete, electrical, glass, glazing, masonry, drywall, painting, plumbing, HVAC, and similar activities.
3. 
Asphalt or Concrete Batch Plants.
A facility or area, which is not temporary in nature, for mixing concrete or asphalt.
4. 
Excavation Related Services.
These establishments provide a range of excavation related services needed for development and building construction. Activities performed include shaft drilling, foundation digging, foundation drilling, and grading.
5. 
Wrecking and Demolition Establishment (including junk or salvage yard).
These establishments provide wrecking and demolition of buildings and structures; this includes underground tank removal and the dismantling of nonhazardous steel oil tanks. This category also includes establishments that provide wrecking or disassembling of automobiles, trucks, tractors, or machinery of any kind, or for the storing or leaving of worn out, wrecked, or abandoned automobiles, trucks, tractors, stoves, refrigerators, or machinery of any kind or of any of the parts thereof, or for the maintenance or operation of such place for the accumulation of rubbish of any description such as old iron, glass, paper or other waste that may be used again in some form. Some of these establishments may sell materials derived from demolishing operations.
E. 
MINING AND EXTRACTION.
These establishments extract natural mineral solids (coal and ores), liquid minerals (crude petroleum), and gases (natural gas). Mining includes quarrying, well operations, beneficiating (e.g., crushing, screening, washing, and flotation), and other preparations customarily performed at the mine site, or as a part of mining activity. Specific subcategories include:
1. 
Oil and Natural Gas Extraction (Wells and production).
Establishments in this category operate and develop oil and gas field properties. Activities include exploration for crude petroleum and natural gas; drilling, completing, and equipping wells; operation of separators, emulsion breakers, desilting equipment, and field gathering lines; and all other activities in the preparation of oil and gas until shipment. This category includes establishments that produce crude petroleum, that mine and extract oil from shale, that produce natural gas, and that recover hydrocarbon liquids from oil and gas field gases.
2. 
Nonmetallic Mining or Quarry.
This category comprises establishments that mine, quarry, or develop the mine site for dimension stone (i.e., rough blocks and slabs of stone) or limestone (including related rocks, such as dolomite, cement rock, marl, travertine, and calcareous tufa) or bituminous limestone and bituminous sandstone, crushed stones, sand, gravel, clay, etc. Included in this category are preparation plants that beneficiate limestone (e.g., by grinding or pulverizing) and cut stones as well.
F. 
TRANSPORTATION RELATED USES.
Physical facilities involved in the movement of people or goods, which may include highways, flight-related facilities, rail transit lines, and other similar facilities.
1. 
Air transportation related uses.
A facility or area for the landing and taking off of fixed or rotary wing aircraft. This uses shall include any terminal, air traffic control towers, hangars, and other related facilities. It shall also include heliports for the landing and takeoff of helicopters.
2. 
Rail transportation related uses.
A facility or area for the maintenance, repair, or storage of bus, rail (including freight), or other transit vehicles.
3. 
Other local, regional, intercity transportation uses (public and commercial).
This category shall include all other transportation related activities and storage, including but not limited to: school bus transportation, rural and special needs transit operations, local transit, inter-city bus, charter bus, and similar establishments.
4. 
Taxi and Limousine Service.
These establishments provide passenger transportation by automobile or van, not over regular routes or regular schedules. Taxicab owner/operators, taxicab fleet operators, and taxicab organizations are included. Also included are limousine and luxury sedan establishments, which may provide an array of specialty and luxury passenger transportation services.
5. 
Courier, Messenger, and Postal Service.
Establishments in this category include courier and messenger services that provide air, surface, or combined courier delivery services of parcels and messages within or between metropolitan areas or urban centers. These establishments may form a network including local, and point-to point pick-up and delivery. This category also includes USPS establishments that perform one or more postal services, such as sorting, routing, and delivery on a contract basis. This category shall not include customer service and retail operations of such courier, messenger, or postal service. These shall be considered under the Business, Professional, and Technical Services category or Public or Governmental Functions (USPS).
6. 
Truck and Freight Transportation Services.
Establishments in the truck and freight transportation category provide over the-road transportation of cargo using motor vehicles, such as trucks and tractor trailers. This category includes general freight trucking and specialized freight trucking. General freight transportation establishments handle a wide variety of commodities, generally palletized, and transported in a container or van trailer. Specialized freight transportation requires specialized equipment due to the size, weight, shape, or other inherent characteristics of the cargo. These establishments may be located in conjunction with Warehouse and Storage establishments.
G. 
UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES.
The use of land for lines and facilities related to the provision, distribution, collection, transmission, or disposal of water, storm and sanitary sewage, oil, gas, power, information, telecommunication and telephone cable, and facilities for the generation of electricity.
1. 
Utility Lines, Towers or Metering/Pumping Station.
Local utilities such as electrical power, telephone, gas, water, and sewer drainage lines; air pollution monitoring stations; in-line facilities such as gas regulating stations and water wells or pumping stations; sewage pumping stations; telephone exchange, switching and transmitting equipment; and electrical transmission lines operated by a municipality or a franchised utility company.
2. 
Sewer, solid waste, recycling and related services.
Establishments in this subcategory collect, treat, and recycle or dispose of waste materials. Establishments locally haul waste materials; operate materials recovery facilities (i.e., sort recyclable materials from trash); provide remediation services (i.e., the cleanup of contaminated sites); operate sewer systems or sewage treatment facilities; or provide septic pumping or other miscellaneous waste management services.
3. 
Natural Gas, Petroleum, fuel related services.
This encompasses: (1) establishments operating fuel (gas or petroleum) distribution systems (e.g., mains, meters); (2) fuel marketers that buy fuel from the well and sell it to a distribution system; (3) fuel brokers or agents that arrange the sale of fuel over fuel distribution systems operated by others; and (4) establishments that transmit and distribute fuel to final consumers.
4. 
Electric Utility Services (including generating plants and substations).
A facility or area that generates electricity from mechanical power produced by solar, gas, coal, wind, hydraulic power sources, or nuclear fission franchised by the State. This category also includes electric transmission lines, substation facilities for transforming electricity for distribution to individual customers.
5. 
Telecommunications equipment and facilities (building mounted).
This category includes any telecommunications equipment and facilities attached to an existing building or tower not built for the exclusive purpose of hosting such facilities or equipment.
6. 
Telecommunications Towers.
Any structure that is designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or more antennae that transmit information (audio, video, data) in the form of electromagnetic signals to one or more receivers without the use of a physical connection between the transmitting and receiving source. The term includes but is not limited to lattice towers, guyed towers, and monopole towers. The term does not include a clock tower, bell tower, steeple, light pole, power pole, water tower, or similar structure that incidentally supports antennae. Towers may be freestanding or building-mounted, and may be concealed or unconcealed. An auxiliary structure housing electronic communications equipment is permitted as part of this use. The following definitions shall apply to terms related to telecommunications towers and equipment standards per this Ordinance:
a. 
Antenna.
Any structure or device used to collect, receive, transmit, or radiate electromagnetic waves. Antennae may be mounted on towers or on buildings, and may be concealed or unconcealed.
b. 
Antenna Array.
An arrangement of antennae and their supporting structures.
c. 
Antenna, Dish.
An antenna that is parabolic or bowl-shaped and that receives and/or transmits signals in a specific directional pattern.
d. 
Antenna, Panel.
An antenna which receives and/or transmits signals in a directional pattern.
e. 
Antenna, Stealth.
An antenna that is effectively camouflaged or concealed from view.
f. 
Antenna, Telecommunications.
An antenna used to provide a telecommunications service. This excludes lightning rods, private mobile radio systems, amateur radio antennas less than 50 feet (15 meters) in height, and whip antennas less than four inches (10 centimeters) in diameter and less than 10 feet (three meters) in height.
g. 
Antenna, Whip.
An omni-directional dipole antenna of cylindrical shape that is no more than six inches (15 centimeters) in diameter.
h. 
Tower, Stealth.
A clock tower, church steeple, bell tower, utility pole, light standard, flagpole, or similar structure, designed to support and camouflage or conceal the presence of telecommunications antennae. This definition includes a monopole tower with antennae concealed inside the tower.
7. 
Small Cell or Network Nodes.
This category shall include equipment at a fixed location that enables wireless communications between user equipment and a communications network as regulated and defined by Chapter 284 of the TxLGC.
8. 
All other Utility related uses (Other Than Listed).
A facility or area for a utility installation not specifically listed in this Ordinance.
7.3.5 
Accessory Uses and Structures
A. 
ACCESSORY BUILDINGS OR USE.
A structure or use that:
1. 
Is clearly incidental to and customarily found in connection with a principal building or use and is located on the same lot as the principal building or use served;
2. 
Is subordinate to and serves a principal building or a principal use and is subordinate to the principal building or principal use served; and
3. 
Contributes to the comfort, convenience, or necessity of occupants, business, or industry in the principal building or use served.
B. 
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SYSTEM.
A facility or system that provides energy production or generation by alternative or renewable sources of energy such as solar, wind, nuclear, geothermal, etc., that can replace or supplement traditional fossil-fuel sources.
C. 
CARETAKER’S QUARTERS.
A dwelling unit intended for an employee or owner who looks after or takes charge of goods or property. The unit shall be either inside or attached to a main structure by a common wall. The unit is a complete, independent living facility with provisions for cooking, eating, sanitation, and sleeping.
D. 
CARPORT.
A roofed structure with two or more open sides used for vehicle shelter and parking. A carport may either be free standing or attached to the primary building.
E. 
COMMUNITY CENTER, PRIVATE.
A facility or area that is an integral part of a residential subdivision or planned development and that is used by the residents of the project or development for a place of meeting, recreation, or social activity, but not primarily to render a service that is customarily carried on as a business. Such facilities include but are not limited to swimming pools, saunas, hot tubs, game courts, playgrounds, community clubhouse, cabana, pavilion or roofed areas, leasing office, laundry facilities, and other similar uses. This use need not be located on the same lot as the property it serves.
F. 
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT (GARAGE).
A separate, second dwelling unit (also known as a granny flat) from the primary residence on a lot for use as an independent residential use. Such a unit may be constructed as part of a residential garage (attached or detached) or accessory structure on the lot. The secondary living unit is only for use by family members or relatives.
G. 
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT (PRIMARY STRUCTURE).
A separate, second dwelling unit (also known as a granny flat) from the primary residence on a lot for use as an independent residential use. Such a unit may be located in the primary structure and may have a separate outside entrance. The secondary living unit is only for use by family members or relatives.
H. 
RESIDENTIAL GARAGE (DETACHED.
An enclosed and detached structure that is accessory to the primary residence and designed for the parking and storage of vehicles by the occupants of the building, and with no facilities for mechanical service or repair of a commercial or public nature.
I. 
SURFACE PARKING.
Shall be the provision of unenclosed off-street parking located directly on a paved surface on land. Surface parking may have overhead protection, but open on the sides.
J. 
STORAGE SHED (RESIDENTIAL).
Shall be a nonhabitable structure on the lot for storage of household and related items.
K. 
SWIMMING POOL, PRIVATE.
A swimming pool constructed for the exclusive use of the residents of a single-family or multifamily development.
L. 
HOME-OCCUPATION.
A business or occupation, undertaken by a resident of the property that is customarily conducted in a residential dwelling unit and that is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling.
M. 
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION (COMMERCIAL).
A public or private surface parking space served by battery charging station equipment that has as its primary purpose the transfer of electric energy (by conductive or inductive means) to a battery in an electric vehicle.
N. 
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION (RESIDENTIAL).
A public or private surface parking space served by battery charging station equipment that has as its primary purpose the transfer of electric energy (by conductive or inductive means) to a battery in an electric vehicle and is located on the premises of a residential structure and is for the sole use of an owner or occupant of said residential unit.
O. 
OUTDOOR STORAGE.
Shall include any area (including maneuvering area) on a site used for the long-term (more than twenty-four hours) retention of materials, machinery, equipment, and/or commodities, including raw, semi-finished, and finished materials, whether such materials, machinery, equipment, or commodities are to be bought, sold, repaired, stored, incinerated, or discarded. New or used motor vehicle sales and rental display and parking shall not be defined as outside storage.
P. 
RECYCLING COLLECTION CENTER.
An enclosed trailer, storage box or facility used for the collection and temporary storage of empty beverage containers, aluminum, glass, plastic, paper, clothing, or similar materials for recycling purposes. This definition includes automated can banks that crush cans as they are deposited. This definition does not include donation boxes for clothing, toys, household goods, and similar items.
Q. 
SIDEWALK CAFE.
Any outdoor eating and/or drinking area located on or adjacent to a public sidewalk or parkway and containing removable tables, chairs, planters, or related appurtenances.
R. 
RESIDENTIAL POOL HOUSE.
A detached structure adjacent to a private swimming pool, which shall be located at least ten feet (10') from the primary structure and be limited to providing bathrooms, facilities for cooking, and sufficient privacy for the changing of clothing. A residential pool house shall not exceed 875 gross sq. ft., consisting of no more than 500 sq. ft. of enclosed space and no more than 375 sq. ft. of adjacent nonenclosed cooking facilities space, and may not provide provisions for sleeping.
7.3.6 
Temporary Uses
A. 
CONSTRUCTION OFFICE.
A facility or area used as a temporary field construction office.
B. 
CONSTRUCTION STORAGE YARD.
A facility or area for the temporary outdoor storage of construction equipment and materials associated with an active permit to demolish or construct.
C. 
TEMPORARY REAL ESTATE SALES OFFICE.
A facility or area used as a temporary office to sell real estate within a specified area or subdivision.
D. 
MODEL HOME.
A house in a newly built development that is furnished and decorated to be shown to prospective buyers.
E. 
FESTIVALS AND CIVIC EVENTS (INCLUDES CARNIVAL, CIRCUS, OR AMUSEMENT RIDES).
A facility or area for a temporary traveling show or exhibition that has no permanent structure or installation, including but not limited to a carnival, circus, or riding device(s) operated for a fee.
F. 
GARAGE SALES.
Is the periodic sale of miscellaneous household goods, often held in the garage or front yard of someone’s residence.
G. 
TEMPORARY STORAGE CONTAINERS OR PODS.
Shall mean purpose-built, box-like containers designed for temporary storage of goods and/or equipment typically used during moving or remodeling. Such containers are uniquely designed for ease of loading to and from a transport vehicle.
H. 
MOBILE VENDING.
Any vehicle (motorized or nonmotorized) designed to be portable and not permanently attached to the ground from which food is peddled, vended, sold for sale or given away. This category includes but is not limited to food trucks, hotdog stands, ice cream trucks, snow cone stands, etc.
I. 
SEASONAL SALES.
Shall include temporary outside display and sales of products related to seasonal events including but not limited to fall, winter, spring, and summer events and holidays.
J. 
OTHER TEMPORARY OUTSIDE DISPLAY AND SALES.
Shall include all other temporary outside display and sales not included in any other defined category.
K. 
ANY OTHER TEMPORARY USE OR STRUCTURE (OTHER THAN LISTED ABOVE).
Shall include all other temporary uses or structures not defined in this section.
7.3.7 
Airport Related Definitions and Terms
A. 
DEFINITIONS.
1. 
Airport.
The area of land referred to as the Alliance Airport which is designed and set aside for the landing and taking off of aircraft, and used or to be used in the interest of the public for such purpose. The term includes an area with installations relating to flights, including installations, facilities, and bases of operations for tracking flights or acquiring data concerning flights.
2. 
Airport development zone.
That portion of the Alliance Airport Development Zone (ADZ) located within the corporate limits of the City of Haslet.
3. 
Airport hazard.
A structure or object of natural growth that obstructs the airspace required for the taking off, landing, and maneuvering of aircraft or that interferes with visual, radar, radio, or other systems for tracking, acquiring data relating to, monitoring, or controlling aircraft.
4. 
Airport height control area.
The Alliance Airport Height Control Area (HCA) is more particularly described in the Zoning Map.
5. 
Airport overlay boundaries.
The boundaries of the Alliance Airport Overlay (AAO) are described by the limits of the Airport Height Control Area (HCA) as defined in the Zoning Map.
6. 
Alliance Airport Overlay (AAO).
The overlay as described and defined in Article 3.6. Overlay District Standards.
7. 
Alliance Airport Overlay boundaries.
The boundary of the AAO is defined by the limits of the HCA, which contains the ADZ. Both the limits of the HCA and ADZ are shown on the official Zoning Map of the City of Haslet.
8. 
Compatible land use.
A use of land adjacent to the airport that does not endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the owners, occupants, or users of the land because of levels of noise or vibrations or the risk of personal injury or property damage created by the operations of the airport, including the taking off and landing of aircraft.
9. 
Floor area ratio.
The quotient of the net floor area divided by the gross lot area.
10. 
Haslet airport development zone.
That portion of the Alliance Airport Development Zone (ADZ) located within the corporate limits of the City of Haslet.
11. 
Haslet height control area.
That portion of the airport height control area located within the corporate limits of the City of Haslet.
(Ordinance 030-2017 adopted 11/20/17; Ordinance 006-2023 adopted 3/6/2023; Ordinance 014-2023 adopted 4/17/2023; Ordinance 020-2023 adopted 6/5/2023; Ordinance 028-2024 adopted 11/11/2024)
Accessory Use and/or Structure.
A use or structure that is subordinate in size or purpose to the principal use or structure of the same lot or parcel of ground and serving a purpose customarily incidental to the use of the principal structure or use of land. An accessory structure may be attached or detached.
Accessory Structure, Detached.
A structure that has no wall in common with the principal building or is not under an extension of the main roof of the principal building. Examples of detached accessory structure include, but are not limited to, garages, farm structures, home workshops and tool houses, barns, carports, playhouses, sheds, private greenhouses, enclosed gazebos, storage buildings, boathouses and docks, wind-generating devices, and swimming pool pumphouses. Buildings connected by roofed breezeways are separate buildings.
Administrator.
Shall be the City Administrator or his/her designee responsible for administering the provisions of this Ordinance.
Annexation.
Is the process whereby the city expands its boundaries by adding a specific geographic area.
Architecturally Finished.
A finish characterized by a uniform appearance pertaining to materials, features, characteristics, or details most often specified for exposed surfaces used to build or ornament a structure.
Arterial Roadway.
Shall be as defined by the city’s adopted Master Thoroughfare Plan.
Articulation.
Off-sets, projections, recessed walls, windows, doors, and similar features that provide variation to a building facade and its roofline.
Automobiles.
Any vehicle propelled by mechanical power for general passenger use on the road, such as cars, vans, or passenger trucks. For purposes of this Ordinance, this definition shall not include freight trucks (18 wheelers), campers, RVs, and recreational trailers, equipment such as construction equipment, forklifts, farm implements, and neighborhood electric vehicles or golf carts.
Awning.
A roof-like cover, often of fabric, metal, or glass, designed and intended for protection from the weather or as a decorative embellishment, and that projects from a wall or roof of a structure over a window, walk, or door.
Banding.
Narrow inlay of a color or grain which contrasts with the surface it decorates. Also refers to other long narrow ornamentation, such as painting or carving.
Bedroom.
A habitable room that is used primarily for sleeping in any dwelling unit.
Berm.
A mound of soil, either natural or manmade, used to screen and visually separate, in part or entirely, one area, site, or property from the view of another area.
Block.
A tract of land bounded by streets or by a combination of streets and public parks, cemeteries, railroad right-of-way, airport boundaries, or corporate boundary lines of the city.
Block Face.
Is one side of a street, from one intersection to the next.
Block Perimeter.
Is the sum total of all block face dimensions circumscribed by public or private streets or pedestrian facilities with public access easements.
Build.
To erect, construct, convert, enlarge, reconstruct, restore, or alter a building, structure, or infrastructure.
Breezeway.
Is a roofed, often open, passage connecting two buildings (such as a house and garage) or halves of a building. A roofed breezeway is not an extension of any building that it connects, and does not combine two or more buildings into a single building.”
Building.
Any structure which is built for the support, shelter, or enclosure or partial enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or movable property of any kind.
Building, Detached.
A building surrounded by yards or open space on its own building lot, or buildings in a building group that are physically detached one from the other.
Build-to Line.
A line established, in general, parallel to the front property line, to which the front facade of the building shall be built to.
Build-to Zone.
Is an area between the minimum and maximum front setbacks within which the front facade of the building shall be located.
Building Frontage Build-out.
Is the percentage of a building’s front facade that is required to be located within the Build-to Zone (BTZ) as a proportion of the lot’s width along the fronting public street. Required driveways, stairs to access entrances, parks, plazas, squares, improved forecourts, and pedestrian breezeway frontages shall count towards the required building frontage.
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Building Official.
The officer or other designated authority charged with the administration and enforcement of City Ordinances related to construction, building, plumbing, electrical, or mechanical work.
Building, Principal or Primary.
The main building on a lot in which a principal use of the lot on which it is located is conducted.
Caliper.
For newly installed trees and landscaping, the caliper is the diameter of the trunk measured six inches above ground level. For existing trees, the caliper is the diameter of the trunk, measured at breast height, which is typically four and one-half feet above the ground.
Canopy.
A roof-like cover or structure, including an awning or marquee, which projects from the wall of a building over a door, entrance, window, or sidewalk cafe area.
Certificate of Occupancy.
A certificate issued by the Building Official prior to using or occupying a nonresidential or multifamily structure or building.
Change in Use.
Changing permitted uses between land use categories in the use tables in Article 3, Use Standards.
Collector Roadway.
Shall be as defined by the city’s adopted Master Thoroughfare Plan.
Comprehensive Plan.
The plan adopted by the City Council as the official policy to guide development of the city and its extraterritorial jurisdiction. The Comprehensive Plan includes any applicable sub-area, neighborhood, sector, or district plans; and other supporting elements, studies, and documents as may be adopted by the City Council.
Cladding.
The exterior building finish.
Co-location.
A single telecommunications tower and/or site used by more than one telecommunications service provider.
Column.
An architectural support of definite proportions, usually cylindrical in shape, with shaft, capital, and sometimes a base. A column may be free-standing or attached to a wall.
Commercial Ready.
Means a ground floor space constructed to meet commercial occupancy standards with respect to entrance and window treatment and floor-to-floor height in order to accommodate ground floor commercial uses (including but not limited to office, retail, restaurant, entertainment, and lobbies for lodging uses).
Conical Surface.
A surface extending outward and upward from the periphery of the horizontal surface at a slope of 20-to-one for a horizontal distance of 4,000 feet.
Cornice.
The uppermost horizontal molded projection or other uppermost horizontal element located at the top of a building or portion of a building.
Courtyard.
A landscaped open space in the center of a block with no street frontage, and that is inwardly oriented and large enough to allow for pubic activities and sunlight during midday.
Development or to Develop.
“Development” shall mean:
1. 
The construction of one or more new buildings or structures on one or more building lots;
2. 
The existence of a building on a building lot;
3. 
The use of open land for a new use;
4. 
Any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation, drilling operations, or storage of equipment or materials; or,
5. 
“To develop” shall mean to create a development.
Display.
The exhibition of goods, wares, or merchandise for retail sale, rental, or lease.
Dwelling Unit.
Shall be a self-contained unit of accommodation of one or more rooms including kitchen designed as a residence for occupancy by one household for the purpose of cooking, living and sleeping. This definition shall include single-family dwellings, two-family dwellings, and multiple family dwellings, but not include hotels or motels.
Dwelling Unit, Accessory.
See under Accessory Use definitions Section 7.3.5.
Dwellings, Attached.
A dwelling which is joined to another dwelling at one or more sides by a partial wall or walls.
Dwelling, Detached.
A dwelling which is entirely surrounded by open space on its building lot.
Encroachment.
Means any structural or nonstructural element such as a sign, awning, canopy, terrace, or balcony that extends into a setback, into the public right-of-way, or above a height limit.
Entryway.
The doorway into a building along with the architectural treatments that accompany it.
Exterior Insulation and Finish System (EIFS).
A multi-layered exterior wall system typically consisting of insulation board that is secured to the exterior wall surface with a specially formulated adhesive and/or mechanical attachment; a durable, water-resistant base coat, which is applied on top of the insulation and reinforced with fiber glass mesh for added strength; and a durable finish coat which is both colorfast and crack-resistant.
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ).
Shall be the area outside the city’s incorporated limits where the city can legally exercise its planning authority.
Facade.
Any exterior wall or face of a building that encloses or covers usable space. Multiple buildings on the same lot will each be deemed to have separate facades. A roof shall not be included in the definition of a facade.
Family.
Individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit in which not more than four individuals are unrelated to the head of the household by blood, marriage, or adoption. The term expressly excludes residents of an assisted living facility, boarding house, fraternity or sorority house, private dorm, halfway house, or nursing home, as defined by this Ordinance.
Fence or Wall.
A barrier composed of posts connected by boards, rails, panels, or wire for the purpose of physically enclosing an area or separating parcels of land. The term “fence” does include retaining walls if such walls provide enclosure and/or separation of parcels.
Fenestration.
Window treatment in a building or building facade. Also, a general term used to denote the pattern or arrangement of openings, i.e., windows and doors, in a facade.
Forecourt.
An open, unoccupied space, typically located in the front of a lot, bounded on more than one side by the walls of a building or buildings and used as a primary means of access to all or any part of said buildings.
Freeway or Highway.
Shall be any regional or interstate high speed roadway with controlled access.
Freeway or Highway Frontage Road.
Frontage road (also known as an access road, service road, parallel road, etc.) is a local road running parallel to a freeway or a highway. A frontage road is often used to provide access to adjoining properties and development.
Front Yard Definition for Residential Accessory Structures.
The area between the property line at the street that the primary structure faces, to the front facade of the primary structure and extending across the full width of the property.
Grade.
The average of the finished ground surface elevations measured at the highest and lowest exterior corners of a structure.
Gross Floor Area (GFA).
When applied to a building, the area in square feet measured by taking outside dimensions of the building at each floor, excluding however, the floor area of basements or attics when not occupied or used.
Ground Cover.
Plants and turfs that normally reach a height of less than two feet upon maturity, installed in such a manner so as to form a continuous cover over the ground.
Height, Building.
Shall be the vertical distance measured from the average finished grade next to the building to (a) to the highest point of the roof surface or parapet, if a flat roof; (b) to the deck line of a mansard roof; or to the mean height level between eaves and ridge for a gable, hip or gambrel roof.
Horizontal Surface.
A horizontal plane 150 feet above the established airport elevation, the perimeter of which in plan coincides with the perimeter of the horizontal zone.
Human Scale.
The proportional relationship of a particular building structure and its facade elements such as doors and windows to the human form and function. Human scale relates the size and/or height of a structure to the height and mass of a pedestrian traveling along the sidewalk or street adjacent to that structure or element.
Institutional.
Nonprofit organizations such as public schools, religious institutions, and government facilities.
Irrigation System.
A method of providing the proper amount of water for the particular type of plant material used.
iSWM Standards.
Integrated Stormwater Management program by the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG).
ITE’s Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares Manual by Daisa, James M..
Designing walkable urban thoroughfares: a context sensitive approach. Washington, DC: Institute of Transportation Engineers. (most recent edition).
Joint or Cross Access Easements.
Shall be the coordination of shared easements and driveway access between adjoining properties with the goal of allowing users to travel across each other’s lot to reach adjoining properties or street(s).
Landscape Architect.
A person licensed to practice landscape architecture pursuant to the laws of the State of Texas.
Landscape Area.
An area which is covered by grass, ground cover, or other natural plant materials, including screening.
Landscape Setback.
An area where landscaping is setback from any travel lane, parking space, or maneuvering areas.
Landscaping.
Living plant material, including but not limited to grass, trees, shrubs, berms, water forms, and planters.
Live-Work Dwelling.
Means a dwelling unit that is also used for work purposes, provided that the ‘work’ component is restricted to the uses of professional office, artist’s workshop, studio, or other similar uses and is located on the street level and constructed as separate units under a condominium regime or as a single unit. The ‘live’ component may be located on the street level (behind the work component) or any other level of the building. Live-work unit is distinguished from a home occupation otherwise defined by the Ordinance in that the work use is not required to be incidental to the dwelling unit, nonresident employees may be present on the premises and customers may be served on site.
Lot.
A platted parcel of land intended to be separately owned or developed, and that is recorded in the property records of Tarrant or Denton County, Texas.
Lot, Adjoining or Adjacent.
Any lot, parcel, or piece of land that shares with the lot under consideration a common lot line, alley, or any point of tangency.
Lot Area.
That area of a horizontal plane bounded by the front, side, and rear lot lines, including any portion of an easement which may exist within such property lines, and exclusive of approved access easements or rights-of-way for public street, private street, alley, or rail purposes.
Lot, Corner.
A lot situated at the intersection of two or more streets.
Lot Coverage.
The percentage of the lot area that is covered by a building or structure.
Lot Depth.
The average horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.
Lot, Interior.
A lot other than a corner lot.
Lot Line, Front.
That boundary of a lot that abuts a public street, private street, or approved access easement. On corner lots, the front lot line shall be the shorter line abutting a public street, private street, or approved access easement.
Lot Line, Interior.
A lot line which is common to two lots.
Lot Line, Rear.
That boundary of lot that is opposite the front lot line and that is most nearly parallel with the front lot line.
Lot Line, Side.
That boundary that is not a front or rear lot line.
Lot of Record.
An area of land designated as a lot on a plat of a subdivision recorded in the Plat Records of Tarrant or Denton County, Texas, pursuant to statute, with the respective County Clerk.
Lot Width.
The horizontal distance between side lot lines measured at the required front setback line.
Meandering.
Taking a sinuous course with curves in alternate directions.
Major Amendment.
Means a requested amendment to an approved plan (Concept, Development, or Site Plan) that is substantially different from the originally approved plan as determined by the Administrator per this Ordinance.
Minor Amendments.
Means a requested amendment to an approved plan (Concept, Development, or Site Plan) that are nominal with no substantive changes to the development intensity or character.
Mixed-Use Development or Building.
The development of a tract of land, building, or structure in a compact urban form with a residential use and a nonresidential use as permitted by the applicable zoning district from the land use categories listed in Article IV, Use Standards. The layout of a mixed-use development may be vertical or horizontal in design.
NACTO’s Urban Street Design Guide.
Urban Street Design Guide. New York City: National Association of City Transportation Officials. (most recent edition)[.]
Nonconforming Lot.
A lot that does not conform to the lot area, width, or depth requirements of the zoning district in which it is located, and as further defined in Article VI, Nonconformities.
Nonconforming Building or Structure or Site.
Any existing structure or site improvements that were erected according to all applicable City ordinances at the time, but which does not now comply with all the regulations applicable to the district in which the structure or site is located, and as further defined in Article VI, Nonconformities.
Nonconforming Use.
Generally, the use of an existing property or structure after the effective date of this Ordinance, which does not comply with the use regulations applicable to the district in which the property is located, and as further defined in Article VI, Nonconformities.
Open Space.
Is publicly accessible open land in the form of parks, courtyards, forecourts, plazas, greens, playgrounds, squares, etc. provided to meet the standards in of this Ordinance. Open space may be privately or publicly owned and/or maintained.
Owner, Property.
Each and every person or entity who is a record owner of a fee simple interest or an undivided fee simple interest in a parcel of land per the County Tax Records. If such parcel is subject to a condominium or other multi-ownership regime, the owners’ association representing such multi-ownership regime, and not individual unit owners, shall be deemed the owner thereof.
Parapet.
That portion of the wall which extends above the roofline.
Parking Lot.
Paved surfaces used for the storage of vehicles for limited periods of time, including but not limited to: truck parking; motor vehicle display, loading, or storage areas; and/or boat sales.
Parking Lot Screen.
Is a freestanding wall or living fence or combination fence built along the any lot’s street frontage in order to screen a parking lot or a loading/service area from view along the street.
Parkway.
The area of right-of-way between the curb and the property line normally publicly owned and consisting of a variable width.
Pedestrian-Oriented Street.
As identified on the approved Master Concept Plan, future streets in the MU District shall be designated as “Pedestrian” oriented. Pedestrian-oriented streets prioritize pedestrian safety and walkability and facades along Pedestrian-oriented streets shall be designed to a higher standard that other streets in the MU District.
Pedestrian-Oriented Development Frontage.
Shall be the percentage of the linear street or block frontage within each MU Sub-district that is designated as a Pedestrian-Oriented Street.
Person.
An individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic, and includes a trustee, receiver, assignee, administrator, executor, guardian, or other representative.
Playground.
An outdoor area designed for unorganized recreational play. Playgrounds may consist of open space or informal play areas containing equipment such as swings, jungle gyms, seesaws, merry-go-rounds, backstops, goals, and similar equipment. Areas designed specifically for organized athletic events or containing buildings, bleachers, paved surfaces, field lights, or outdoor speakers, are not included within the definition of playground.
Plaza.
A predominantly hard-surfaced space that is a portion of a block with a minimum of one side open to the street and other edges defined by buildings. Building edges should contain continuous retail, restaurant, or public uses at grade to animate and support the open space. Unlike intimate scale urban gardens, a plaza may contain a primary entrance to an adjacent building.
Portico.
A roofed entrance porch, often supported by columns or pillars.
Primary Entrance.
Means the public entrance located along the front of a building facing a street or sidewalk and provides access from the public sidewalk to the building. It is different from a secondary entrance which may be located at the side or rear of a building providing private controlled access into the building from a sidewalk, parking or service area.
Public Utility or Utilities.
The City of Haslet and any corporation or authority franchised by the City of Haslet to provide water, sewer, refuse collection, natural gas, electricity, telecommunication, or similar services on a community-wide basis.
Rear Yard Definition for Residential Accessory Structures.
The area between the rear property line to the front façade of the primary structure and behind a side fence, extending the full width of the property. Additionally, the area will not include any area within an easement or prescribed setback described in the Haslet Code.
Recreational Area.
An area devoted to facilities and equipment for recreational purposes, swimming pools, sports courts, playgrounds, community clubhouses, and other similar uses.
Relative.
A person related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
Right-of-way.
A public or private area that allows for the passage of people or goods. Right-of-way includes passageways such as freeways, streets, bike paths, alleys, and walkways. A public right-of-way is a right-of-way that is dedicated or deeded to the public for public use and under control of a public agency.
Right-of-Way Vacation.
Shall mean abandonment of a street, alley, or other public way from public use and reversion to private ownership.
Salvage.
Any discarded, abandoned, junked, wrecked, dismantled, worn out, or ruined motor vehicles (including automobiles, trucks, tractor trailers, and buses), motor vehicle parts, boats, travel trailers, trailers, cranes, machinery or equipment, machinery or equipment parts, recreational vehicles, and/or any junk.
Service Bay.
A part of a building or structure used for providing maintenance, installation, or service to a single vehicle.
Screening or Screening Device.
A barrier of stone, brick, pierced brick or block, uniformly colored wood, vegetation, or other permanent material of equal character, density, and design.
Screening Shrub.
Shrubs which provide a dense, evergreen, opaque visual barrier.
Setback.
An open space, other than a court, on a lot unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, unless specifically otherwise permitted in this Ordinance.
Setback, Rear.
A yard extending across the rear of a lot and being the minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the rear facade of the principal building or any projections thereof other than steps, unenclosed balconies, or unenclosed porches.
Setback, Side (Interior).
A yard extending from the side lot line that is not adjacent to a street and being the minimum horizontal distance between any side facade of the primary building or projections thereof and the side lot line.
Setback, Street Side.
A yard extending from the side lot line that is adjacent to a street and being the minimum horizontal distance between any side facade of the primary building including any enclosed projections and the side lot line.
Setback, Street Front.
A yard extending along the primary street frontage of a lot and being the minimum horizontal distance between the street right-of-way line and main building facade (including any enclosed projections) with the primary building entrance.
Shared Parking.
One or more parking facilities shared by multiple users on separate lots.
Sidewalk.
A paved walkway along the side of a street.
Sill.
The horizontal member forming the bottom of a window or exterior door frame.
Site.
The total area of a lot or tract of land, from property line to property line, including any land subject to any easement or license. A site shall be a homogeneous parcel under single ownership or unified control.
Stoop.
A small porch, platform, or staircase leading to the entrance of a building.
Story or Floor.
That portion of a building, other than a basement, included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling above the floor of such story. This includes any mezzanine or loft which may comprise only a portion of a full floor plate.
Street.
A public way for vehicular traffic.
Street Frontage.
The length of property along a street.
Streetscape.
The area between the building and edge of the vehicular or parking lanes. The principal streetscape components are curbs, sidewalks, street trees, tree planters, bicycle racks, litter containers, benches, and street lights. Treatments may also include a range of provisions such as paving materials; street, pedestrian, and wayfinding signs; parking meters; utility boxes; public art; water features; bollards; informational signage; and other elements.
Street Tree.
Trees planted within the streetscape.
Structure.
An object, including a mobile object, constructed or installed by man, including, but not limited to, buildings, poles, water towers, cranes, smokestacks, earth formations, and overhead transmission lines.
Sub-district.
Means an area designation within the MU or OT zoning district that is intended to preserve and/or create a development character that is distinct from other sub-districts.
Telecommunications.
The transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of audio and/or visual information of the user’s choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received.
Telecommunications Service.
The offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used.
Tower, Height.
The distance measured from grade to the highest point of any and all components of the structure, including antennae, hazard lighting, and other appurtenances, if any.
Transitional Surfaces.
These surfaces extend outward at 90-degree angles to the runway centerline and the runway centerline extended at a slope of seven feet horizontally for each foot vertically from the sides of the primary and approach surfaces to where they intersect the horizontal surface.
Tree, Shade or Canopy.
A perennial woody plant, single or multiple trunk, with few if any branches on its lower part, which at maturity will obtain a minimum six inch caliper.
Tree, Ornamental.
A perennial woody plant generally of 25 feet or less at maturity that may branch to the ground and has significant seasonal color, texture, or other ornamental characteristics[.]
Tree, Protected.
Any existing tree of at least six caliper inches that is indicated to be retained after development of the site.
Use.
When applied to land or buildings, the purpose or activity for which such land or building thereon is designed, arranged, or intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained.
Variance.
An adjustment in the application of the specific regulations of this Ordinance to a particular piece of property, which, because of special circumstances uniquely applicable to it, is deprived of privileges commonly enjoyed by other properties in the same vicinity and zone, and which adjustment remedies disparity in privileges.
Wainscoting.
Decorative paneling covering the lower three to four feet of an interior wall, usually made of wood in a plain design, or may be painted or varnished.
Xeriscape.
A concept to conserve water through creative landscaping and use of native plants. The main principles of xeriscape are:
1. 
reduction of turf area;
2. 
use of drought-tolerant and native or adapted plant materials;
3. 
grouping of plants with similar water requirements; and
4. 
an irrigation system designed to meet plant needs.
Zoning District.
An area designation for which the regulations governing the area, height, and use of buildings and land are uniform.
Zoning Map.
The map or maps, either physical or electronic, incorporated into this Ordinance as a part hereof by reference thereto that identify the different zoning districts established by this Ordinance.
(Ordinance 030-2017 adopted 11/20/17; Ordinance 009-2022 adopted 4/18/22)